Islamic Militant

2 ‘Huji men’ held in Dhaka

Police Bureau of Investigation claims to have arrested two leaders of banned militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (Huji) including its Narayanganj regional commander in Dhaka’s Jatrabari area.
‘Arms making factory’ busted in Comilla, 3 held

Rapid Action Battalion says they have busted an “arms making factory” in Comilla Sadar upazila and detained three people with some firearms making equipment.
Orlando nightclub shooting: Who were the victims?

The victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, are being identified by the US authorities and their names released once their families have been told. So far, 36 of the 49 killed have been named: 32 men and four women aged between 19 and 50.
Claim of IS baseless: minister

Reiterating that there is no presence of Islamic State in the country, Bangladesh home minister terms IS claim of today’s murder of a Hindu tailor in Tangail as baseless.
Amnesty urges action to stop attacks on secular activists

Amnesty International today urges the Bangladesh authorities to ensure protection of activists and writers who are under threat.
Government's anti- militancy campaign

Despite a commendable initiative by the government to combat militancy by targeting schools, madrasas and mosques, lethargic implementation has reduced it to a forgotten official circular.
2 Ansarullah Bangla Team men on 5-day remand

A Dhaka court places two members of banned Islamist outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team on a five-day remand each in connection with the blogger Niladri Chattopadhyay Niloy murder case.
Suicide attack at Kabul airport kills 5

A Taliban suicide bomber has attacked a checkpoint near the entrance to the international airport in the Afghan capital Kabul, killing five people.
Suicide bomber kills 21 at Saudi mosque

A suicide bomber kills 21 worshipers during Friday prayers in a packed Shia mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia in an attack claimed by the Islamic State militant group.
Fresh Syria talks to begin in Geneva

Fresh efforts to revive peace talks on Syria is due to begin in Geneva.
IS British student wants to go home: Turkish MP

A 19-year-old British woman, one of a group of medical students to join the Islamic State has told her family she wants to go home
25,000 foreign fighters joined Islamic militants: UN

According to a UN report, more than 25,000 foreign fighters have traveled to join militant groups such as al-Qaeda and Islamic State
Governance and the politics of Islamic militancy

SO far there has been no concrete evidence that Islamic militancy of considerable dimension has been developed in Bangladesh as yet.
Red Cross worker killed by Islamic militants

A Red Cross employee is killed and another injured in a gun attack by suspected Islamist militants in Mali
Pakistan militants deny killing in Khyber

The news that Pakistan security forces killed 30 militants in gun battles in the mountainous northwestern Khyber region on Saturday, is being denied by a spokesman for the militants.
Air strikes kill 30 militants allied with Pakistani Taliban: sources

30 militants allied to the Pakistani Taliban have been killed by Pakistani jet fighters in a missile attack in the mountainous northwestern of Khyber.
Islamic State recruits 400 children since January: Syria monitor

A monitoring group says, since last three months, the Islamic State has recruited at least 400 children in Syria and trained them as so-called "Cubs of the Caliphate" and hard line indoctrination.
Fears UK medics crossed into Syria

Nine British medical students and doctors are feared to has travel to Syria to work in areas controlled by Islamic State militants.